NBA Bans Clippers Owner Donald Sterling for Life

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Courtesy: Bleacher Report

NEW YORK (April 29, 2014) — National Basketball Association commissioner Adam Silver today announced that the league is banning Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life and issuing a $2.5 million fine.

The fine is the most the NBA can apply according to its by-laws.

Silver also requested that the NBA Board of Directors do everything in its power to force Sterling to sell the Clippers. That type of action will require a three-quarters majority of the current NBA owners.

At a press conference Wednesday, Silver confirmed that the NBA’s investigation verified that it was Sterling’s voice on an audio recording making derogatory racist comments.